Thanks for the welcome
Hedgewitch, I'm kind of getting back into the wildlife thing after several years' break when life just got in the way. My big thing is squirrels (hence the user name!) and I used to be quite into birds but I'm now discovering I forgot a lot of what I knew....
I'm currently exploring wild places in my local area (Essex). So far I've (re)found Wat Tyler and two tree island nature reserves which are practically on my doorstep and I'm planning more trips a bit further afield.
I'm also just back from a weekend in the Isle of Wight which involved much squirrel!!